Minnesota snow day predictor
Off season - the 10 towns ranked by how much snow they get · Duluth averages 56 in a year, Woodbury 40 in
Minnesota towns, ranked
- Duluthaverages 56 inches a year · regular snow
- Brooklyn Parkaverages 54 inches a year · regular snow
- Plymouthaverages 54 inches a year · regular snow
- Rochesteraverages 52 inches a year · regular snow
- Bloomingtonaverages 51 inches a year · regular snow
- Blaineaverages 44 inches a year · regular snow
- Lakevilleaverages 41 inches a year · regular snow
- Minneapolisaverages 40 inches a year · regular snow
- St. Paulaverages 40 inches a year · regular snow
- Woodburyaverages 40 inches a year · regular snow
How snow days work in Minnesota
There is no single Minnesota snow day threshold, which is why this page scores each town separately. Duluth averages 56 inches of snow a year against Woodbury’s 40, and a district that plans for the first amount does not close for weather that would shut the second one down.
Each score compares what the National Weather Service is forecasting against that town’s own NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, then adds weight for ice, wind and dangerous cold. Every number on this page links through to the full factor breakdown, because the reasoning is the part worth checking.
Sources: National Weather Service forecasts, one per town. Snowfall normals from NOAA’s 1991-2020 US Climate Normals. County lines from the US Census Bureau.